Marco Cecchinato and Lorenzo Musetti will play the new ATP250 in Sardinia after they received a wild card for the main draw. Both players are currently playing in the Parma Challenger where Musetti will face Frances Tiafoe for the second time in 2 weeks after the upcoming Italian defeated Frances in Forli.
Interestingly enough, Lorenzo may face Tiafoe for the 3rd time in a few weeks in Sardinia, where the American is also expected to play.
ENTRY LIST
In theory, the entry list in Sardinia will be Diego Schwartzman. However, the Argentine is currently ins the French Open semifinal where he is about to face Rafael Nadal. Therefore, he is widely expected not to play in Sardinia, unless he wants to consider that stop as a moment od relaxing with his beautiful girlfriend Eugenia de Martino.
Here the actual entry list
1 Diego Schwartzman
2 Dusan Lajovic
3 Casper Ruud
4 Guido Pella
5 Albert Ramos-Vinolas
6 Lorenzo Sonego
7 Pablo Andujar
8 Tommy Paul
Pablo Cuevas
Frances Tiafoe
Jiri Vesely
Juan Ignacio Londero
Corentin Moutet
Laslo Djere
Stefano Travaglia
Federico Delbonis
Thiago Monteiro
Salvatore Caruso
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Gianluca Mager
Dennis Novak
(WC) Marco Cecchinato
(WC) Lorenzo Musetti
These are the alternates
Andreas Seppi
Kamil Majchrzak
Roberto Carballes Baena
Yannick Hanfmann
Andrej Martin
Federico Coria
Thiago Seyboth Wild
Alexei Popyrin
Marco Cecchinato
Damir Dzumhur
Taro Daniel
Marc Polmans
Leonardo Mayer
Jozef Kovalik
Jason Jung
Antoine Hoang
Sumit Nagal
Peter Gojowczyk
Ivo Karlovic
Bradley Klahn
What about Jannik Sinner?
Jannik will not play the home tournament as he is scheduled to compete in St. Petersburg where he received a wild card.
Cecchinato in the Parma Challenger, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked world no.110, Marco has a 18-13 win-loss record in 2020. Cecchinato is competing in the Parma Challenger where he managed to beat Kamil Majchrzak 6-3 6-4.
Marco Cecchinato will play Kohlschreiber in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 for Kohlschreiber.
The Italian reached the final in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Musetti in the Parma Challenger, ranking, and results in 2020
Ranked no.138 (career-high), the Italian has a 26-11 win-loss record in 2020. The Italian is now having a run in the Parma Challenger where he managed to beat Federico Gaio 6-3 6-2.
Lorenzo Musetti will come up against Tiafoe in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti. Musetti conquered 1 title in 2020 in the Forli Challenger.
Marco Cecchinato and Lorenzo Musetti have never played each other.
Tiafoe in the Parma Challenger, ranking, and results in 2020
Currently ranked no.67, Tiafoe has a 11-12 win-loss record in 2020. Francis is now having a run in the Parma Challenger where he toppled Blaz Rola 7-61 6-3.
Frances Tiafoe will come up against Musetti in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti.
Jannik Sinner in 2020
Currently ranked no.75, Jannik played his last match on the 6th of October when he capitulated to Rafael Nadal 7-64 6-4 6-1 in the quarter of the French Open.
Frances Tiafoe and Jannik Sinner played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner.